Expert Reactions

Gamifying the Covid Tracer app – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 April 202108 April 2021

Streaks and stats are coming to the Covid Tracer app, in a bid to get more people scanning. After fourteen consecutive […]

Covid-19 vaccine safety monitoring in NZ – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 April 202107 April 2021

New Zealand’s medicines regulator has published its first report on adverse reactions experienced by New Zealanders getting the Pfizer Covid-19 jab. […]

Trans-Tasman travel bubble to open – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 April 2021

Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will resume in two weeks. The government has devised a traffic light system to managing […]

NZ’s most Covid-vulnerable areas – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 April 202101 April 2021

Kiwi researchers have created maps of the country showing each region’s vulnerability to Covid-19. They took into account Covid-19 risk […]

MIQ worker tests positive after vaccination – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 March 202123 March 2021

A managed isolation and quarantine worker (MIQ) worker has tested positive for Covid-19 after receiving their second vaccine dose. The worker – a cleaner […]

The future of commercial fisheries – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 March 202123 March 2021

The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor has released a new report into New Zealand’s fisheries management system. The recommendations include adopting a whole-ecosystem approach to […]

Proposed law will centralise water fluoridation decisions – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 March 202119 March 2021

The government has amended a long-dormant bill to shift control of water fluoridation decisions from local authorities to the Director-General of Health. Associate […]